banana republic
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banana republic
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Coined by American author O. Henry in 1901 in his short story Money Maze, set in the fictional "Anchuria", which was based on his stay in Honduras from 1896-1897.
noun banana republics
- A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government. At that time we had a treaty with about every foreign country except Belgium, and that banana republic, Anchuria.
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noun country
| Español | república bananera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바나나 공화국 |
| 日本語 | バナナ共和国 banana kyōwakoku |
| 中文 | 香蕉共和國 /香蕉共和国 xiāngjiāo gònghéguó |
| हिन्दी | बनाना रिपब्लिक banānā ripablik, केला गणतंत्र kelā gaṇtantra |
| Português | república das bananas |
| Français | république bananière |
| Deutsch | Bananenrepublik |
| Italiano | repubblica delle banane |
| Ελληνικά | μπανανία bananía |
| Română | republică bananieră |
| Русский | бана́новая респу́блика banánovaja respúblika |
| Tiếng Việt | cộng hoà chuối |
| العربية | جُمْهُورِيَّةُ الْمَوْزِ jumhūriyyatu l-mawzi |
| עברית | רֶפּוּבְּלִיקַת בָּנָנוֹת repúblikat banánot |
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title = {banana republic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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